By Chris Dyer For Mailonline and Claudia Joseph For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 02:04 GMT, 21 March 2019 | Updated: 07:09 GMT, 21 March 2019
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After more than a year of restoration the clock face and hands at the top of the Elizabeth Tower have been revealed in their original dazzling blue.
The north face of the Elizabeth Tower clock is the first to be unveiled in its original shade of blue, replacing the more familiar black colour scheme.
Part of the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster has been revealed in a new deep Prussian blue from its Victorian origins.
The clock dials and face were four different shades of blue until 1930 when it was painted black.
The north face was the first of the four famous clock faces to be seen in the original colour scheme from when it was built in 1859 by Sir Charles Barry.
The colour was employed by architect Charles Barry, who rebuilt the Palace of Westminster after it was destroyed by fire in 1834.
A workman inspects the Elizabeth Tower clock face as it is revealed in its new Prussian Blue colour replacing the familiar black paint
Paint it black: The Elizabeth Tower clock face was painted it more modern black in the 1930's
These works form part of a Parliamentary £61m restoration project which will also see the St George's shields at top of the clock face painted red and
